Chinese compasses point south, so about one quarter of the world is messed up by that choice. But more practically, "North" and"South" are not up for discussion. 'lete' and 'seli' have been in the language since the beginning and are enshrined in countless texts and textbooks and word list. They are not going to change in the near future. Just think of them as arbitrary, rather than thinking too much about othermeanings of the words.

tp is written from left to right, so “left” is ‘poka open’ and “right is ‘poka pini’. Something from tp culture, not borrowed from someone else, like a mapping convention. On the other hand, we are boreocentric about “north” (‘lete’) and “south” (‘seli’). “east” and “west” are from the sun, which kindly rises on the same side everywhere “east” is ‘open/kama/ sewi suno’ and west is the opposite, ‘pini/tawa/anpa suno’.But you knew all that.